This year, we are focused on teaching our community about the agriculture and it's impact in our area. Our students have started to plan a community fair so that they can invite community members and families to learn about our community and it's agricultural history and influence. We will invite some of the speakers that we have used over the years to help present this information. Our school will have this fair as a half day during school hours so that our Roots & Shoots members can teach our school community all that they've learned. We will continue it into the evening so that families and the community can attend. This will also allow us to teach our community about our outdoor classroom that our Roots & Shoots members are helping to plan and build for our school.

We will clear the property of brush and overgrowth, remove non-native plants, plant native species, clean-up the beachfront, and restore the dunes to their natural state. On an ongoing basis, we will monitor the quality of the water and the conditions on the beach, and report our findings to the Alliance for the Great Lakes.

The students started working on their Green Team and R & S efforts to recycle and keep their campus clean when school started in August, 2014. They also earned an Oklahoma Green School flag after completing studies on water and energy and presenting concerns and recommendations to the school board of directors and their families.

Our campaign will focus on water conservation and water resources. We hope to:
Reduce/eliminate the sale of bottled water at school.
Encourage our school board to purchase water coolers that have a place to fill water bottles.
Students are working on a PSA for our local TV station on water conservation.
Partner with an organization to raise funds for a water project.
Work with Vermont Rural Water Assoc.and Vermont Fish and Wildlife to do a local project.
6th-8th Grade students will read " A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park.